Honorary Canadians

Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Zambonis* The Hockey Song Playoff Fever
Matt Lucas* The Nuthouse Matt Gets Blue
Jack Holland There's More to Come The Eyes of a Dreamer
Joe* Glazer This Land is Your Land A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* The Betrothed Girl Ukrainian Pops
Buddy Knox Rock House ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Hard Hard Times Shirley Lewis Show Band
Ernie* Smith Top Rankin Skankin To Behold Jah
Priscilla* Rollins Going Out of My Head Over You Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Sliding Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Joe* Glazer It Could be a Wonderful World A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Sidewinders Can't You Feel the Fire Flatfoot Hustlin'
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Devil Woman I'm a Song
Nelson* Riddle Victoria British Columbia Suite
Aarons And Ackley* You And I You And I
Loni Gamble Dance to it ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* I Need You Amist the Black Eyes
David Amram Little Momma Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Charmaines* (You Are) Hypnotized (You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)
Dick Marx Orchestra and Choir* Here Come the Hawks Here Come the Hawks b/w Here Come the Hawks (instrumental) (picture sleeve)
Ernie* Smith Everything Crash Skareggae
Nelson* Riddle Garibaldi Mountain British Columbia Suite
Jonathan Edwards Carolina Caroline Sailboat
Ernie* Smith Wash Wash (That Lucky Old Sun) Skareggae
Priscilla* Rollins Mama You Treat Your Daughter Mean Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Aarons And Ackley* L.A. You And I
Priscilla* Rollins Goody Goody Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Hard Days Night And I Love Her
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Presque Isle Eighth Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth
Alpha Centauri Hard Life ST
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Zambonis* Hockey Marlee To Bleed Black and Gold
Jack Holland Get it Behind You Girl The Eyes of a Dreamer
Zambonis* Haunted Hockey Rink To Bleed Black and Gold
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Black Eyes (Ship of) Amist the Black Eyes
Ellen McIlwaine Jimmy Jean We the People
Jack Holland Roasalie The Eyes of a Dreamer
Oscar* McLollie Love Will Get You ST
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm a Song (Reprise) I'm a Song
Joe* Glazer We Shall Not Be Moved A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Albert Jones* Mother Nature The Facts of Life
Ellen McIlwaine Keep On Everybody Needs It
Zambonis* Let's Go Whalers To Bleed Black and Gold
Ellen McIlwaine It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Honky Tonk Angel
Alpha Centauri One Night at a Time ST
Ellen McIlwaine We the People We the People
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Fisherboys Ukrainian Pops
Priscilla* Rollins Magic Moment Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars I Want a Girl Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Honky Tonk Woman Love Serenade
Cal* Bostic Somewhere My Love Introducing...
Aarons And Ackley* Bonnie Blue You And I
Ursa Major* Back to the Land ST
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Lady's Dream And I Love Her
The Revelaires* Great Pretender Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver
Oscar* McLollie As Long As You Care at All So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Cal* Bostic Longing for You (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Am I Blue And I Love Her
Ellen McIlwaine Ain't No Two Ways To It (It's Love) We the People
Priscilla* Rollins Tell Him that You Love Him Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Priscilla* Rollins Let the Good Times Roll Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* I Loved a Widow Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Albert Jones* You Just Can't Turn Me Loose The Facts of Life
Ernie* Smith Ska Medley: Jamaica Ska; Humpty Dumpty; A Little More Oil; Six And Seven Books; Oh Manny Oh Skareggae
Tony McManus Chalaneru The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Cossack Beyond the Danube Ukrainian Pops
Priscilla* Rollins If You Should Lose Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Respect You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)
Albert Jones* You Stole My Love The Facts of Life
Cal* Bostic Let It Be Me Introducing...
Joe* Glazer The Farmer is the Man A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Green Power Love Serenade
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Reapers Harvest Ukrainian Pops
Matt Lucas* Tomcat Blues Matt Gets Blue
Charmaines* The One For Me (You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)
Ellen McIlwaine Hang On to a Dream Everybody Needs It
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Moanin Shirley Lewis Show Band
Buddy Knox Don't Make Me Cry ST
Loni Gamble It's You ST
Aarons And Ackley* Five O'Clock You And I
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Bohemian I'm a Song
Ellen McIlwaine It's Growing Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Toe Hold Honky Tonk Angel
Ellen McIlwaine Love and Devotion Ellen McIlwaine
Ellen McIlwaine Can't Find My Way Home Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Oscar* McLollie The Way You Do the Things You Do ST
Oscar* McLollie Chilliwack Valley Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child
Buddy Knox Mary Lou ST
Matt Lucas* Drunkard's Dream Matt Gets Blue
Albert Jones* I Feel So Good The Facts of Life
Priscilla* Rollins You Send Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Priscilla* Rollins Sweet Inspiration Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Regretting Blues Everybody Needs It
Jonathan Edwards Evangelina Sailboat
Matt Lucas* The Peepin' Tom Matt Gets Blue
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm Gonna Love You Baby I'm a Song
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Call War War War
Ellen McIlwaine Pinebo (My Story) Honky Tonk Angel
Alpha Centauri Love Only You ST

Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* - Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

Kyiv, 🇺🇦

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

Detroit, Michigan, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

Detroit, Michigan, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - Matt Gets Blue

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Ursa Major* - ST

New York, New York, U.S.A.

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

Washington, DC, USA

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

Birmingham, England, UK→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

Anniston, Alabama, 🇺🇸→Port Arthur, Ontario, 🇨🇦→Erie, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

Portland, Oregon, 🇺🇸 (Jim Ackley); Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸 (Chuck Aarons) - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸*

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

Mercer Island, Washington, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Philadelphia, 🇺🇸 - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

Gary, Indiana, 🇺🇸 - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Nassau, Bahamas - Toronto, Ontario

Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

The Revelaires (3)

The Revelaires (2)

The Revelaires

The Revelaires You're So Wrong (1)

The Revelaires Great Pre (1)

Matt Gets Blue

ST

Ursa Major - ST Side 2

Ursa Major - ST Side 1

Ursa Major - ST BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Honky Tonk Angel

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 02

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 01

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Everybody Needs It

We the People

Fear Itself

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (5)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (8)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (7)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (4)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (3)

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